In uk.sci.weather on Tue, 28 Oct 2003 at 11:24:57, Ian Currie wrote :
In answer to Paul[Vidcapper],
That is because Cheltenham was out of the main snow area. In Kent and Surrey
along the Downs snow reached a depth of around 30cm and this held down
maxima as well as the continuous snowfall. Max at Kew not far above sea
level was just 4.4C and here snow depth was only a few cms. If you want some
other low October maxima to look up try the last week of 1895 and 1896.

I posted about those 2 years just a week ago :

'Oct 29 1896 peaked at just 3.9°C here in Cheltenham (my archive-
trawling pays off), and 26/10/1895 peaked at 4.0°C.'
--
Paul Hyett, Cheltenham

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